On 4/12/24 11:28, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote:
The 1360 was apparently developed at the request to Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), I would guess a forerunner of the DOE. There where apparently only 5 built 3 for the AEC and 2 for the NSA.
IIRC, the 1360 was developed from Walnut, which was developed for the CIA. The 1360 was a commercial offering, for which they sold one each to LBL and LLL, then two to the NSA and one to LANL.
I had heard that some instances remained in service until 1980, being retired only when IBM refused to maintain them.
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